Steady Progress

"They're fighting again."

"None of you can behave, can you? Your mother and I only left for a little while, and the moment we came back, we found you fighting!"

Just then, a hand reached over. The Fire Dragon King's flames had no effect at all; that extreme heat was no different from a warm breeze. Gu Chen grabbed one in each hand and pressed them straight down over his knees, then began smacking their bottoms with loud slaps.

They were clearly of the same race, the same bloodline.

Yet neither of them would submit to the other, and they insisted on brawling.

Gu Chen was out of options too.

All he could do was beat them once whenever he saw them fight.

You like fighting, do you? You fight your fight, and I'll fight mine.

"Release me! Human, you are not allowed to hit my bottom!"

Yan Ling thrashed on Gu Chen's leg, trying to struggle free, but another slap came down, and her childlike body went ramrod straight.

"Release you, huh? Human, huh? Still dare to call yourself 'me,' huh?"

Three slaps landed.

Yan Ling became so obedient she could not have been more obedient.

Gu Chen lifted Jia Lin next and looked at that little face like a porcelain doll. "And you. Don't think that just because you went to find your mother, I won't hit you."

Although he said that, in the end, he still could not bring himself to strike hard. He only gave her two more slaps, neither too light nor too heavy.

But Jia Lin said nothing either. She stood there obediently, clutching the corners of her clothes with both hands.

"Today, I'll add a few more exam papers for you. If you don't finish them..."

"No! As long as you don't make